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Thursday, August 07, 2008 --- 13 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-sawyers/no-parking-helicopters-se_b_117520.h
 Residents of Turtle Bay are used to seeing shiny black vehicles with diplomatic license plates but it is not every day one with 20 foot blades slips into a parking spot adjacent to the "Gateway to the United Nations," Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, on Second Avenue at 47th Street. To mark last Thursday's one-year anniversary of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1769 -- which authorized deployment of the Darfur peacekeeping mission and 18 helicopters -- the Save Darfur Coalition delivered a shiny black helicopter , to the United Nations to jump-start stalled international relief efforts. "The U.N. has had a year to come up with helicopters," said Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition -- an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations. "The Security Council must act to fulfill the promises they made to the civilians of Darfur," said Fowler. The gesture underscored the need for leading nations to supply helicopters and basic supplies, from boots to ration packs, critically needed by the African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers on the ground in Darfur. "The symbolism is very important," said Thomas Withington, an independent defense analyst and author of a new report, released Thursday, that outlines the countries that have the critically lacking helicopters needed to protect civilians in Darfur. "Helicopters on their own will not solve the problem." The report identifies ... |
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